Phantom Gold brightness

[ogs]

These measurements are difficult to compare of course, but Acourate is certainly trustworthy. Treble is rising a little from 4-5kHz and flat from there. This will make the speaker sound brighter than neutral. In this respect I'd prefer the response from White. I think the measured bass lift is necessary to achieve a subjectively flat response in the bass. If the response was flat Phantoms would probably sound thin. If this was from 15" bass drivers it would most likely be far too much. I still believe Golds are more transparent and for me that would be the deciding factor. I'd use room correction anyway so the amplitude response is not that important. The raw response of my current speakers is terrible, but they sound very good after correction.